DRUG-FREE COMIC LIFE ASSIGNMENT
Objectives:
 To visually express and advertise the need for teens to be
drug-free using the Comic Life Software.
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Create your Comic Life file (at least 3 pages long and include a book cover and a list of
References) Find Comic Life in Desk Tools.
Include at least 10 facts in your comic (Highlight positive and negative facts about drug
use and its’ effects.)
Create a Reference sheet (use KnightCite to help you. You have two options. (You may
create an Informational Brochure or use a Super Hero Theme )
Possible Topics & keywords
 Oxycontin
 Crack
 Club drugs
 Marijuana
 Designer drugs
 Recreational drugs
 Cocaine
 Methamphetamines
 Heroin
 LSD
 Ecstasy (MDMA)
(3,4methylenedioxymethamphetami
ne)
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Steroids
Ritalin
GHB
DOM (STP)
DMT
Chloral hydrate
Benzodiazepines
Belladonna
Barbituates
Absinthe
Amphetamines
Ayahuasca
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Yerba Mate
Salvia
Rohypnol
Phen-fen
PCP
Opiates
Nitrous oxide
Glutethamide
Jimsonweed
Inhalants
Methcathinine
Methaqualone
Mescaline
Khat
Ketamine
Hashish
Cheese (Heroin mixed
with cold medication)
 Magic mushrooms
 2C-I (4-Iodo-2,5-
Dimethoxyphenethyl
amine)
Depressant (say: dih-preh-sunt) - A depressant is a drug that slows a person down.
Doctors prescribe depressants to help people be less angry, anxious, or tense.
Depressants relax muscles and make people feel sleepy, less stressed out, or like their
head is stuffed. Some people may use these drugs illegally to slow themselves down and
help bring on sleep - especially after using various kinds of stimulants. (See below.)
Hallucinogen (say: huh-loo-sun-uh-jun) - A hallucinogen is a drug, such as LSD, that
changes a person's mood and makes him or her see, hear, or think things that aren't
really there.
Inhalant (say: in-hay-lunt) - An inhalant, such as glue or gasoline, is sniffed or "huffed"
to give the user an immediate rush. Inhalants produce a quick feeling of being drunk followed by sleepiness, staggering, dizziness, and confusion.
Narcotic (say: nar-kah-tik) - A narcotic dulls the body's senses (leaving a person less
aware and alert and feeling carefree) and relieves pain. Narcotics can cause a person to
sleep, fall into a stupor, have convulsions, and even slip into a coma. Certain narcotics such as codeine - are legal if given by doctors to treat pain. Heroin is an illegal narcotic
because it is has dangerous side effects and is very addictive.
Stimulant
(say: stim-yuh-lunt) - A stimulant speeds up a person's body and brain.
Stimulants, such as methamphetamines and cocaine, have the opposite effect of
depressants. Usually, stimulants make a person feel high and energized. When the
effects of a stimulant wear off, the person will feel tired or sick.
Databases
Virtual Library ACCESS
Ancaster Library Website
http://schools.hwdsb.on.ca/ancasterhigh/library-2/
Click on the Library Lessons button on the left and go to Phys.Ed. to find these sheets.
Click on the link on the left for Virtual Library
GO to Citation Help for help in citing using APA
Virtual Library
http://www.hwdsb.on.ca/services/virtuallibrary/
ID: secondary
Password: library
FIND DATABASES AND ON-LINE ENCYCLOPEDIAS HERE!
Some that may help
How do you find a book?
Use the On-line Book Collection (IPAC):
Log on to any computer
Go to Desk Tools
Find Ancaster On-line Catalogue on the desktop and double click
Or
Use the dedicated On-line Catalogue Computer (beige)
http://10.155.3.34/ipac20/ipac.jsp?profile=506#focus
Or
(from home)
http://hip.hwdsb.on.ca/ipac20/ipac.jsp?profile=506
Other On-line Sources:
Med-line Encyclopedia
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/encyclopedia.html
http://medlineplus.gov/
Merck Manual – On-line
http://www.merck.com/mmhe/index.html
CBC Health (search the CBC site for your topic to find news articles)
http://www.cbc.ca/health/
CBC Archives
http://archives.cbc.ca/index.asp?IDLan=1
Web MD
http://www.webmd.com/
Health Canada
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/index_e.html
Invisible Web Directories
Infomine
http://infomine.ucr.edu/
Librarians’ Internet Index
http://www.lii.org/
SCIRUS a free-science encyclopedia/article site.
http://www.scirus.com/
Find articles:
http://www.findarticles.com/
Some web sites to get you started:
Teens with problems
http://www.teenswithproblems.com/drug
abuse.html
Drug Information sites
http://www.justice.gov/dea/concern/conc
ern.htm
http://www.drugs.com/drug_information
.html
http://www.drugfree.org/
http://www.drugfree.org/Portal/drug_gui
de/ByName/
http://www.aadac.com/87_397.asphttp://
www.focalpress.com/companions/024080
(drug fact sheets)
http://chealth.canoe.ca/drug_info_details.
asp?brand_name_id=1679
http://www.narconon.ca/Narconon_Drug
Info.htm
MADD & Alcoholism
http://www.madd.ca/
http://www.madd.org/
http://www.maddhamilton.com/
Alcohol
http://alcoholism.about.com/od/about/
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2006/09/2
4/teen-drugs.html
http://www.child.net/drugalc.htm
http://www.bchealthguide.org/kbase/topi
c/special/tp17749/sec1.htm
Drug-free & alcohol-free initiatives in
communities
http://sano.camh.net/infoline/tp12.htm
National Institute of alcohol abuse and
alcoholism
http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/
http://www.thecoolspot.gov/
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
http://www.well.com/user/woa/fsfas.htm
http://www.come-over.to/FAS
Oxycontin
http://www.drugfree.org/portal/drug_gui
de/oxycontin
http://www.drugs.com/oxycontin.html
Ecstasy (MDMA)
http://alcoholism.about.com/cs/ecstasy/a/
blwsu040429.htm
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/m
dma.html
http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofacts/ecstasy
.html
http://www.camh.net/About_Addiction_
Mental_Health/Drug_and_Addiction_Inf
ormation/ecstasy_dyk.html
Date Rape & Rohypnol
http://teenadvice.about.com/library/week
ly/aa062502a.htm
http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofax/Rohypn
olGHB.html
http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/088
4.html
http://ncadi.samhsa.gov/govpubs/phd852
/
http://www.coolnurse.com/date_rape.ht
m#rohypnol
Gas Sniffing: Inhalants
http://www.focusas.com/Inhalants.html
http://www.freevibe.com/Drug_Facts/inh
alants.asp
CBC News article
http://archives.cbc.ca/IDC-1-70-167111509/disasters_tragedies/davis_inlet/
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/abo
riginals/sheshatshiu.html
SAD
http://www.cmha.ca/bins/content_page.a
sp?cid=3-86-93
Marijuana
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/mar
ijuana/
http://www.narconon.ca/Marijuana.htm
Drugs in sports (steroids)
http://www.pwc.k12.nf.ca/projects/b2201
/moore/steroids/
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/ster
oids/
http://www.narconon.ca/steroids.htm
Treatment centres
http://www.drug-rehab.ca/
http://www.canadiandrugrehabcentres.c
om/
http://www.renascent.ca/
Recreational drugs (many links to
individual drugs)
http://www.a1b2c3.com/drugs/
http://dmoz.org/Recreation/Drugs/
Printing & Photocopying
Cut and paste into Microsoft Word before printing to reduce printing space.
Printing costs 10¢ per sheet. Pay at the counter before you hit print. The librarian will put
the paper in the printer.
OR… e-mail work home to avoid printing at school
AVOID PLAGIARISM…OR How to make a perfect Works Cited
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Remember…all good researchers cite any ideas they borrow from other sources.
Make sure you keep track of all resources you may want to cite or reference. We have
blank Bibliography sheets you can use to keep track of the important information as you
research. Just ask at the counter.
Use a note sheet for every major resource you use.
Use APA Style for this assignment. All the detail you need to complete a correct
Works Cited is on the school’s website:
http://schools.hwdsb.on.ca/ancasterhigh/library-2
Click on the Citation Help Button on the left and Knight Cite link and Find APA
Help button.
Try on-line Citation help software:
Go to KnightCite http://www.calvin.edu/library/knightcite/index.php
or Citation machine http://citationmachine.net/
for on-line tools that help you to cite properly using APA Style.
A ROUGH GUIDE FOR USING COMIC LIFE
1. To find Comic Life, go to “Desk Tools” and click on Comic Life.
2. You will need to save images in a folder on your desktop or
save it on a stick. You may also cut and paste images into the
frames.
3. Start with a template (right side).
4. To add pics. to it (browse from folder or photo button if you
have something there, or explore).
5. Select pics. for all boxes.
6. Click on a picture to edit. ( once to resize box, twice – get larger
box to move picture to centre it.) The purple arrows allow you
to turn the picture around.
7. Use the “zoom in” button to bring pictures closer.
8. “Style” button is for background of picture and get options.
9. Add speech bubbles (bottom of screen)
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Drag and drop
Then type words
Make it bigger by clicking on it
Green symbol is to drag speech arrow
Click on and sign to add another speech arrow ( for two
characters who say the same thing)
You could use arrow keys to move pictures too.
11.
To change text size, click on “bigger.” double click to
change font and for colour go to font menu.
12.
Bottom left: ABCDE – drop it where you want it to create
text in a box instead (Manga style)
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Use lettering box at bottom
 Blue dots let you drag corners to create a shape
 Click on title and then style button to change
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Add new page by selecting blank page
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Select same/different template
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Save or export image to create JPG images or HTML file
Where to find images:
http://photobucket.com/
http://photobucket.com/term (see the terms)
http://www.thewildclassroom.com/biomes/index.html
flicker’s creative commons pool
http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/
http://search.creativecommons.org/
http://www.loc.gov/index.html
http://www.bighugelabs.com/flickr/ (to do some neat stuff with your
photos)
Key websites for image searching:
Searching for Ideas
Public Photo Sharing Sites
Free Photo Collections
JISC Collections
Higher Education Academy Collections
British Library and V&a Images
Micro-Stock/Credit Based Photo Sites
Commercial Photo Libraries
Searching by Subject
Content Searching
Citing Images
Documenting sources for images can be challenging, especially with the variety of new
electronic resources now available. Many different style manuals exist. Always ask
your class instructor for the style appropriate for the course.
The basic information you will need:
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Artist name
Title of the work
Date is was created
Repository, museum, or owner
City or Country of origin
Dimensions of the work
Material or medium such as oil on canvas, marble, found objects
If you found the image in a book you will need the author, title, publisher information,
date, and page, figure or plate number of the reproduction
If you found the image online you will need an access date, the web site address
(URL) and in some cases an image ID number.
APA
Artist (last name, first name), artist’s role (in parentheses i.e. Artist,
Architect), title, the work type, in brackets [Painting, Cathedral, Chair],
country of origin or city, and state, and repository.